List of Viceroys of India From 1858 to 1950:-
|
S. No. |
Name of Viceroy |
Tenure |
| 1 | Lord Canning | 1858-1862 |
| 2 | Lord Elgin (James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin) | 1862-1863 |
| 3 | Sir Robert Napier | November-December 1863 (Provisional) |
| 4 | Sir William Denison | December 1863 – January 1864 (Provisional) |
| 5 | Lord Lawrence | 1864-1869 |
| 6 | Lord Mayo | 1869-1872 |
| 7 | Lord Northbrook | 1872-1876 |
| 8 | Lord Lytton | 1876-1880 |
| 9 | Lord Ripon | 1880-1884 |
| 10 | Lord Dufferin | 1884-1888 |
| 11 | Lord Lansdowne | 1888-1894 |
| 12 | Lord Elgin (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin) | 1894-1899 |
| 13 | Lord Curzon | 1899-1905 |
| 14 | Lord Minto II | 1905-1910 |
| 15 | Lord Charles Hardinge | 1910-1916 |
| 16 | Lord Chelmsford | 1916-1921 |
| 17 | Earl of Reading | 1921-1926 |
| 18 | Lord Irwin | 1926-1931 |
| 19 | Lord Willingdon | 1931-1936 |
| 20 | Lord Linlithgow | 1936-1943 |
| 21 | Lord Wavell | 1943-1947 |
| 22 | Lord Mountbatten | March-August 1947 |
| 23 | Lord Mountbatten | August 1947-June 1948 (After Independence) |
| 24 | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari | 1948-1950 |
